Should the people of Maine decide whether Donald Trump is on the primary ballot? Should Secretary of State Shenna Bellows be impeached? These are the wrong questions to be asking in our democracy. The duties of Maine’s secretary of state include ensuring that candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office […]

On Jan. 3, the first day of the legislative session, I traveled to Augusta to urge legislators to pass strong, meaningful, gun safety reform. This issue is very important to me, which is why I stood in the cold, with my walker, for an hour and a half before I could even get in the […]

The images of the children in Gaza struggling to find the most basic necessities of life, just food and a safe place to sleep, compelled me to join others recently and demonstrate on their behalf on a corner in downtown Portland. I was heartened by the response of the people passing by as many dozens […]

Oh, rats! First there was Mickey Mouse. Then there was Chucky Cheese and who could forget Remy from Ratatouille? Didn’t all these ”rats” bring a smile to our faces? But then there was Dewey, who appeared on the front page of the Jan. 19 edition of the Press Herald. Seriously? An infestation of rats, whether […]

The analysis of the flaws in the Portland Museum of Art’s expansion plan provided by David Chase (“PMA plan shows contempt for history, context, local ordinances,” Jan. 18) is excellent, but a broader context for the plan’s problems requires looking further back in time to the construction of the existing Payson Building, the first expansion […]

Republicans will surely support subsidies for those with low incomes to help them get electric vehicles, right? But if it’s just chaos they want, then they will claim it is a freedom of choice issue. Ha! Steev Sutton Cape Elizabeth

A new rule changes how many small businesses in Maine will operate.

Emergency medicine is often described as a team sport and this analogy is accurate. We are a committed family of interdisciplinary providers dedicated to providing outstanding emergency medical care. The number of staff that are engaged in each patient’s care is inspiring: registration, security, environmental services, lab, radiology, medical records, care managers, physical therapists, nurses […]